skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Hi folks, author here. I am very excited to share this post about how we use machine learning at Dropbox to optimize our document preview generation process. Enjoy!

I'll be online for the next hour or so; happy to answer any questions about ML at Dropbox.
AFAIK the list never moves and you basically have to know someone at openAI.
It's none of my business if Ikea wants to buy productive forest land and take it out of production.

However, I don't understand how it is any kind of signal of virtue.

Would it be virtuous to buy productive farm land and take it out of circulation?

How is forest land any different?

In a previous life, it would be broadly correct to say that I worked in the forest industry. My body still hurts when I think about it.

I worked for wood lot owners, felling trees, trimming off the branches, sectioning the logs, splitting the wood and then stacking it to be sold by the cord. These woodlots had been in operation for over 150 years. Same land, different trees. They still operate now.

I also worked as a tree planter, hired by small contractors working for 'big forest'. Us tree planters went in after the heavy equipment had ripped out the trees, tearing the land to shreds in the process. It felt like what ground would have been like after a B-52 strike, an eerie hell scape, but with an explosion of small plants and flowers with new access to the sun, deer and other wildlife roaming free, wondering at the strange human interloper. Sometimes wolves and bears, at which point it felt rather lonely, me with a Swiss Army knife (mostly for the fork) and my nearest crew mate being well outside shouting distance.

The churned up land we were planting had been pulp forest itself for over a hundred years. As I planted, others were taking soil and water samples. To the forest company, the forest was a long term asset and that it thrived was in their interest.

I didn't think about it much then, but others long dead had planted that ground before me. Those foot long trees I planted have long been harvested and new trees planted in their place.

Trees are like wheat, or corn, or quinoa. Except instead of being a once a year crop, trees are once every twenty five years or so.

Otherwise, what's the difference?
Oh, I don't and I'm not offended. I'm just pointing out that there was a design constraint other than "This is for the consumer's benefit"
I can't speak for how other folks run courses but to me the value of a course is a combination of having well tested code to use and access to full time support.

If you bought a course on how to develop X with Y web framework and the course comes with lots of well written code, high test coverage and was extracted out of multiple real world projects that's basically buying a time machine because it might take you 6+ months to write the same code from scratch and you won't have the insights gathered from years of practical experience. Or even worse you might never get started because you get trapped by information paralysis.

I know a few people who have taken my https://buildasaasappwithflask.com/ course and built very successful businesses in less than a year. One of them is making $90,000 / month and initially spent like 4 months customizing the code from the course to do what his service needed to do.

Note: The TL;DR on the above course is it's not a course on how to find a SAAS app idea. It's focused on how to build the SAAS app itself using Flask, Docker, Stripe, etc..
> The vast majority of healthcare expenditure is preventive or planned care

I don't think that's true for the U.S. Preventive care and planned care (if understood to be stuff like physicals, blood checks, screening, etc. including your examples of MRIs and primary care) as far as I remember is actually a small minority of healthcare expenditures (< 20% is a number I recall). I can try to root around for sources if you're curious, but I'm also curious where you're getting the impression of "vast majority."

> Antibiotics are fungible.

Not really. Definitely not in the same way that food is fungible. I assume you're talking about generics here? But generics again actually make up a startlingly small minority of healthcare expenditure costs despite making up the majority of prescriptions IIRC (again I'm going off memory but I think it was something like 75% of medication expenditures are due to medicines with no allowed generic alternatives).

Basically the places that you're suggesting the free market should best apply to are already the smallest slices of the healthcare expenditure pie (and also already quite effective in that limited domain).
> all seem to be incredible people who are committed to do good

Gates and Zuckerberg were far from models of piety in how they came into their fortune.
> Wood is a renewable resource.

By this logic, so is oil.

FWIW, hardwood takes DECADES to grow, and "softwood" is pretty much junk.
It reminds me of why tools like Tableau are so useful. You dont' have to teach people SQL or whatever, they can build their own visualizations and Tableau will do the SQL for you.
It seems like DPP is part of WPA3, which came out in late 2018 and Apple’s version was first introduced in iOS 11, which was released 2017?
That was kinda the point, no? Shkreli was made into a bogeyman, but he was just doing in the open what every other pharma was smart enough to keep secret (pricing things higher than necessary). He also did it an excessively bombastic way.

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

Fix the root causes, not the symptoms.
We're hosting our own instance but we need a feature that is not available in the free version
It's difficult to put a numerical value on a concept like wealth in a post-scarcity society but a thought experiment could work: would you like to have Elon Musk levels of wealth today (while living in today's level of "total global absolute wealth") or live in a world where you can have your own starship, live essentially forever, and have essentially zero constraints on the amount of matter and energy (and their form) you'd conceivably want to use?

Clearly something like The Culture is richer in material wealth (in terms of goods and services and knowledge available), even if it's difficult to put it into pure numerical terms, just as the world we live in now is "richer" than the world we live in three thousand years ago.
And at least you can be right about what other people think, you can be right about how other people are wrong
https://bigthink.com/mind-brain/adult-brain
My guess is that you were downvoted because you sound like you are talking about a very important system with a huge number of users that could have catastrophic consequences if the vulnerability is not fixed. It's just a project from a novice programmer having fun. Hence, no need to take the site down.
I would say the industrial incentive still works pretty well. Theranos didn't follow and eventually couldn't sell products and busted.
> It's just unfortunate that nobody would be able to use it because nobody downloads programs off random websites anymore

But they do, just in javascript format! I still am bitter such a poor technology won.
> We would never have chosen Elasticsearch in the first place, had it been licensed under the GPL as some of our customers (and many large enterprises do by default) banned GPL licensed software from their application stacks for legal risks.

So, they don't run Linux, don't use glibc? That can't be all that common? (I mean sure, there's the bsds.. But still..).
Excuses my ignorance.

Does Tablet, mean one, single pill? ( Just making sure )

And they sell Albendazole for $225 Per tablet in US?

And quote

>our cost to make and distribute the drug is approximately $13.00 per tablet

It cost $13 to make one Tablet, or one pill?

And this is low cost?

Anyone from Europe or UK living in US could sort of explain a little bit here. I know US medication are expensive, but this is... something else. I cant comprehend what I am reading here.
Kudos!
Highly recommended article [1] about what the ES move realy means

1. https://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2021/01/14/elasticsearc...
At one point he owned around 2% of Gamestop shares so he potentially made a few hundred million dollars
I'm not sure why we have gone down this rabbit hole, but you're just mistaken.

Phillip Morris used its propaganda to lie to people about health risks and "benefits" of smoking, sold an addictive product to addicts, and used its resulting people power to subvert democratic decisions.

It didn't do this with transistor technology, sure. But cigarettes have hugely more Daily Active Users than Twitter, still today.
Imagine you and I share an apartment and we split the rent between us. It's not a great apartment. There's mould in the bathroom caused by a lack of ventilation. The carpet is a mess. The power keeps cutting out if we plug too many things in.

Now imagine I tell the landlord I'm going to move out unless he fixes these issues and he then offers me a 50% discount on the rent. Now imagine he recoups that discount by putting your rent up by the same amount. And now imagine that I use those savings to buy a nice big TV for the two of us. The bathroom is still covered in mould. The carpet is still a mess. The power still cuts out all the time. And you pay more rent than me.

But I bought an awesome TV for us. So I'm the good guy right?
Not sure if their supplier has changed in the past few years, but their bourbon is pretty good for the price. There was speculation it was from Jim Beam, some kind of Knob Creek barrels.
I can't read the article because of the paywall, but I can say that this has been a known issue for a while. The NFPA has been recommending that firefighters turnout gear and other equipment be cleaned / decontaminated regularly for some time. I believe this advice was circulating back when I was still a firefighter, some 20 years ago. But it was the case then, and is probably still the case now, that many departments - especially smaller, all-volunteer departments in rural areas - don't have the resources to do this. For starters, if you're going to wash a set of turnout gear, then the firefighter in question needs another clean set to use in the interim, so you're roughly doubling the number of sets of gear you need. And there are departments that barely have enough gear to provide each member with one set, much less two.

And you need laundry facilities which aren't always present in fire stations. And a generic Kenmore washer from Sears probably won't hold up very long washing turnout gear due to the size and weight - you really need a proper (read, expensive) industrial washer.

All in all, it's a problem that still needs attention from what I can see. And cancer rates for firefighters still run disproportionately high relative to the general population. Gear soaked in various contaminants is likely a factor in that. :-(
That’s right. The US uses its tax system to incentivize behavior. Say the government wants its citizens to buy more electric cars than ICE cars. It can put a ban on selling ICE cars but because the US by and large detests regulation, that has a huge political cost. So instead the government gives you a tax credit for buying a Tesla.

Or the government wants to encourage home ownership, so it makes mortgage interest tax deductible.

Or it wants you to get married so it gives you a tax break for filing jointly.

Or it wants you to live in Alaska so it gives you a tax credit to move there.

Or it wants you to revive an economically insecure geographical area so it gives your business a tax break for operating there.

Or it wants you to hire ex convicts so it gives you a tax credit for each one you hire.

This is a mechanism that is used by the federal and state governments to drive behavior. Arguably churches being tax exempt then is the government encouraging its citizens to participate in church activities because we are only one nation “under god”.
The counterpoint is if you dive right into a project and make a bunch mistakes it'll stick a lot more when you learn the "proper" way.

Students not understanding "why" something is done a certain way is the downfall of countless courses. But unfortunately, more often than not, you're not in a position to understand why people tell you to do X until you've personally done Y.
Only if they do that every year.
How did you connect with your expert?
That's a small vessel in the grand scheme of things, and only works for floating platforms, which can be towed if time is not an issue. For fixed installations let me introduce you to the completely crazy Pioneering Spirit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5xXmEHPFp8 - Dismantling a platform in the North Sea

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneering_Spirit_(ship)
This seems to be consistent with my outsider view of AI demos.

1) Have a question

2) Figure out the answer

3) Have the AI figure out the answer

4) If the AI figured out your answer, be impressed, otherwise try again.
In my area, most of their installations are 4 stall. IMO, this is a mistake, as they have already had multiple holidays in which entire sites were taken offline. I suspect that over time they will move to 8+ stall installations as it greatly reduces the odds of a complete site outage.

The good thing is that they appear to be collecting data in real time and seem to have really direct insight into which manufacturers are consistently producing the highest reliability.
The recent events where he helped Delonte West make for a pretty uplifting story that helps me believe Cuban is a decent and empathetic human being.
What if, and bear with me, strong AI poses real dangers and open sourcing extremely powerful models to everyone (including malicious actors and dictatorial governments) would actually harm humanity more than it benefits it?
Are you familiar with web directories (DMOZ [1] and others [2])? This looks like one, and perhaps others can be used to borrow ideas (hierarchical structure, for instrance) for future development.

[1] https://www.dmoz-odp.org/

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_directories
To be fair, when it was her time, neither was Mother Teresa.
As someone who knows nothing about this space, is there a reason GPU manufacturers don’t increase their prices so they get the extra money that is now going to scalpers, and then reinvest that into manufacturing so they can increase supply and then lower prices back to current levels but with stock?
I had never before heard the acronym GMP in this context. It appears to mean: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_manufacturing_practice

> Because the FDA requires very specific GMP requirements that differ from those of the EU and other countries, drugs approved or synthesized without US FDA certification cannot be legally sold in the U.S.

Sounds a bit like trade protectionism - but I assume that goes both ways between e.g. EU and US.
That is a most worthy hack and wonderful explication thereof.
>It takes time to issue new stock

Curious how long it would take. Are there regulatory hurdles that take time? If not, I could see that the potential for large profits might make an otherwise slow process suddenly get completed in a short amount of time if needed.
Fair. I would typically us a form tag with an input tag inside it for forms. Sounds like the button tag can be styled a little more because it allows i, em, br, img, and similar tags inside it, while an input does not. They are interchangable in the case of a form (based on your style need).
Promoting universal healthcare and proportional taxes isn't dangerous at all. Neither is promoting freedom of speech and healthy laws for small businesses.

It get dangerous when either side decides that anything standing in the way (in their opinion) of these ideals are "other", and that the "others" are so evil they are simply inhuman, and must be quashed by all means necessary.

This pattern repeats in history many, many times. And lots of people are nervous that the beginning of that pattern is starting to play out in the modern West.
Bezos has donated a lot to charity, including $10 billion to fight climate change and $100 million to food banks in 2020. Sure, he could donate more, but % wise that's probably more than many people reading this have donated in 2020. And I don't want to start a debate over it, but I do believe that the primary intention behind Blue Origin is to benefit humanity.

The main issue with Bezos is worker conditions at Amazon, I think.
Some interesting applications of topology work on totally disconnected spaces.

Sure the definition of a hole still works (as does the more proper definition) but whether it is remotely usable is a different matter.
> Water is also a necessity as is food and you can have a free market for those.

What makes you say this (RE water)?
It depends on the drug. Under my insurance, I get certain drugs for $0.
Doesn't Zuckerberg still have a controlling interest in Facebook? Seems to me, that makes him more culpable than most of the rest.
(Disclaimer: I make my living teaching)

Author is correct, most don't complete MOOC's (for various reasons).

However a good teacher is like a coach and will grease the skids for learning.

My experience teaching Python and Data Science at some of the biggest companies in the world is that you can be a professional and still have knowledge gaps. You don't know what you don't know. Once you fill in those gaps it can open many doors.

I elaborate a bit on my blog: https://www.metasnake.com/blog/learn-python-2021.html
I feel similar to you. I miss having agency over what I'm building. It can be extremely demoralizing and frustrating.

For example, I have to fix some "bugs" in my code. Apparently the application that sends us json messages doesn't properly escape double quotes in one of the fields, so I have to fix it. It's another internal application, so I don't see why we can't have them rollback this addition of double quotes that isn't compliant with json standards.

On top of this, that other system is using that field for both business and system data. So we have to string match that field and perform logic if it's true. But the business uses that field to display on the UI so they request updates to it. Why would you architect it this way!

I was building a report a few weeks ago and found out that the report is for operational work, but that we only have the necessary data available in an archive repo which won't contain up to date info. My team doesn't own the data or systems so we aren't allowed to redesign it. Yet they complain that I can't give them what they want. I'm a dev, not a magician...

What are these higher paid architects doing?
>> There are no hidden costs, no middlemen, no rebates only available to insurance companies. Everybody gets the same low price for every drug we make.

I've been advocating this for a while. Any given provider should have the same price for a given drug or procedure, regardless of insurance concerns. Putting this in law would probably help a lot.
poor whites are the least likely class in america to think in terms of race i would think
Samsung S21 consumes 16% less power
Great post. Website and product looks sleek.
> You're less informed about what is going on around you.

majority of things from the news has no impact on me at all
I am generally opposed to this sort of shaming, but damn would I make an exception for that behavior. Really freaking hope this doesn't fly anymore, since it's been a decade.
Another happy customer here. I like their responsiveness over email. I also got a big discount after a year or so and also got a very good offer when I signed up for their service (I'm using their ZFS VM for sending ZFS snapshots).

Only it is hard to find this offer: https://www.rsync.net/products/zfsintro.html.
There is a similarly interesting, nonprofit drug company that is trying to resolve shortages and price problems, and where the founding hospital system is also a nonprofit with a very good, long-term reputation (and good personal experience--their intake forms to get a blood sample drawn totaled 2 reasonable pages, where the next-nearest hospital came out at 11 pages of icky legalese including documents by reference), and have generally done friendly good work for a long time as far as I can tell.

Wikipedia says (lightly edited here for brevity): "Civica Rx is a nonprofit generic drug manufacturer .... started by national philanthropies and leading US health systems. By [EO] 2019, over 45 health systems representing 1200 hospitals were members of Civica. Member ... pharmacists and clinicians help prioritize the medications Civica makes.... By the end of 2019 Civica had 18 medications (28 SKUs) in production, and plans to bring over 100 medications to market in five years through various manufacturing approaches such as partnerships, developing ANDAs, and building its own manufacturing capability. ... The first shipment of Civica private-label medication was vancomycin, delivered to Riverton Hospital, a part of Civica founder health system Intermountain Healthcare, in October 2019." ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civica_Rx )

(edit: somebody else here also mentions civica and has a couple of other links, in their comment.)
Look forward, and look back.

Facebook and Twitter are a blip in history. Their relevance today pales in comparison to their historic and future relevance. All 233M, scratch that, all billion or two billion or however many of those users have other things to do with their time besides Facebook all day. Facebook in that case is a part of their lives, it is not a replacement for their lives nor what ultimately determines their lives and choices, meaning it does not absolve anyone of personal responsibility for the choices they make.

So yes, they are dust, as dusty as the lot of us together. Reactionary policies and laws would do more to cement their place and continued presence in society than letting new generations grow up and make determinations about which social networks they value and develop antibodies to the shrillness of mass to mass communication. There is value in Facebook, so new users continue to make accounts and make use of the service much as people continue to buy smartphones and PCs and automobiles, but the value looks different to every person.

If Facebook and Twitter were the only two socialization methods available to society, I might be more concerned. They’re simply not, and most people have multiple means of socialization and multiple social networks.

EDIT: Forgot one bit in particular I wanted to address.

> Their goals are not aligned with the United States, they are aligned with making money.

That is correct. We’re not just one big unified hunky dory family all marching towards the same ends and the same future. We’re a bunch of people, with our own interests, and mostly unconcerned with the government and the State until we need to be. Facebook is concerned with making money, I’m concerned with my own affairs, and you are also concerned with your own affairs. That’s life, and if we see each other on the street, let’s get along.
I like this idea, obviously I couldn't afford it for every thing I want to learn, but there are some topics where I can't really find quality tutorials/MOOCs/whatever and would be willing to pay to learn.

How would one go about doing this? Was that person listing their mentoring services somewhere, or did you contact them directly?
I'm a member of the beta. The Slack group regularly sees influxes of hundreds of new customers, many of who seem to have signed up from the waitlist.
A lot of it may come down to research AI vs. applied AI. MOOCs that are online versions of university courses are heavily slanted towards research AI, which involves lots of math and may not be all that applicable to what most data scientists are doing on a day-to-day basis.
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